INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW

Key resources

The best place to start for further information about European funding is with your regional voluntary sector European Office.

East Midlands

CEFET based in Nottingham covers the East Midlands Region and aims to support East Midlands Voluntary Organisations to understand, access and manage resources from European Funds.

West Midlands

West Midlands European Network (WMEN) provides guidance and assistance to voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises who wish to access the European Structural Funds.

London

LVSTC aims to help voluntary and community organisations to provide quality training/services run by and for socially-excluded groups in London with particular attention to funds available for the European Union.

North East

ESFVON is the North East of England's specialist regional development agency for voluntary organisations accessing or seeking to access European Funding.

North West

North West Network provides a support to the region’s voluntary and community sector through three teams, European, Volunteer Management and Black and Minority Ethnic Network, all supported by the Directorate.

South East and West

SAVAGE (Southern Association of Voluntary Action Groups for Europe) is an infrastructure organisation covering the south of England established to ensure that voluntary and community sector groups had access and were able to exploit European Social Fund grants, with a focus on assisting these organisations in tackling disadvantage for the benefit of their end users.

Eastern Region

COVER is the community and voluntary sector forum for the eastern region.

Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum

The Regional Forum provides a free European Funding support service to the third sector in Yorkshire and the Humber, delivered through partner organisations in the sub regions.

South Yorkshire

The South Yorkshire Open Forum provides support to the voluntary and community sector in South Yorkshire on EU funding.

Your Government Office has responsibility for the management and administration of funds from European Structural Fund Programmes allocated for your region. Each Government Office has its own website providing information on the funds.

European Social Fund Website

The Government’s ESF website providing information on current programmes, contact details for co-financing organisations, guidance on how to apply for ESF and the latest news.

EUCLID

EUCLID provides information about EU funding programmes in the culture sector.

European Commission

The European Commission website has an index of grant programmes divided into policy categories which you can search for current proposals.

Directory of Social Change  £

The following books are all available from the Directory of Social Change online catalogue:

A Guide to European Union Funding for NGOs 2007 - Accessing Europe's largest donor. Published by ECAS. Volumes 1 and 2 13th edition July 2007.

Fundraising from Europe by Christopher Carnie, Published by Chapel & York. 1st edition, 2003. The detail of EU programmes has changed since this guide was written but the principles remain the same and much of the content in this guide is still pertinent.